Today

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

- Søren Kierkegaard

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

- Leonardo da Vinci

“She was afraid of heights

but she was

much more afraid

of never flying.”

- Atticus Poetry, Love Her Wild

“I don’t believe in magic,” the young boy said, and the old man smiled, “You will, when you see her.”

- Atticus

"Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”

- Mae West

"Never take life for granted. Savor every sunrise, because no one is promised tomorrow…or even the rest of today.”

- Eleanor Brownn

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

- Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

"Being nationalistic in the sense in which it is now demanded by public opinion would, it seems to me, be a deliberate deadening of our better will and conscience.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche